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Doctors warn ending school mask mandates will lead to rise in COVID cases as several states lift requirements
iStock/Favor_of_God(NEW YORK) -- Several states across the country are considering lifting mask mandates in schools in an attempt to return to some semblance of normalcy. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy a...
Feb 07, 2022
School mask mandate to end in NJ as debate over kids, masks heightens
Cavan Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As new cases of COVID-19 decline across the country for the first time in weeks, the debate over face masks for kids is reaching a fever pitch. New Jersey Gov. P...
Feb 07, 2022
‘Broken heart’ cases surge during COVID, especially among women
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Groundbreaking research by several top American medical centers has identified a COVID pandemic spike in cases of so-called "broken heart syndrome," a potentially deadly stress-i...
Feb 07, 2022
Mental health is a focus for Team USA at Beijing Olympics
Maja Hitij/Staff/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- During the Summer Olympics in Tokyo last year, star gymnast Simone Biles shined a light on the mental health struggles many Olympians face when she decided t...
Feb 07, 2022
Parents name baby boy after doctor who treated mom for COVID-19
Courtesy Chris Crouch(NEW YORK) -- A couple in Texas have paid the ultimate tribute to a doctor who went above and beyond to help their family last year. Diana Crouch, 28, and Chris Crouch, 37, welcom...
Feb 07, 2022
CDC launches COVID-19 wastewater surveillance dashboard
Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a new dashboard Friday that tracks COVID-19 in wastewater samples across the country. Th...
Feb 04, 2022
US COVID-19 death toll tops 900,000, despite receding case rates
Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- It has been nearly two years since Patricia Dowd, a 57-year-old San Jose resident, died of the coronavirus, in early February 2020. Although the ...
Feb 04, 2022
What are the COVID rules at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics?
Carl Court/Getty Images(BEIJING) -- For the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, officials have established a series of rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This will mark the second Olympics since th...
Feb 04, 2022
Family sues hospital after they say DNA test indicates daughter isn't related to dad
Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise Law Firm(NEW YORK) -- For Christmas two years ago, Jessica Harvey Galloway was gifted a home DNA test kit by her parents, mom Jeanine Harvey and her dad, John ...
Feb 03, 2022
Gay and lesbian adults had higher COVID vaccination rates than heterosexual adults: CDC
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Gay and lesbian adults are more likely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 than heterosexual adults, federal officials said Thursday. A new study from ...
Feb 03, 2022